LOUIS MARQUEZ — Chief Tactical Trainer Recently retired fromt the Austin Police Department (TX), after an illustrious 24-year career (also served 3 years w/ the U.S. Army MP Corp.); his law enforcement experience was mainly in the tactical arena. He served as the Entry Team Leader on SWAT and until recently was also on the prestigious SWAT Gold Team. He was involved as an undercover operative in numerous narcotic and terroist investigations. He spearheaded the adoption of the current APD Defensive Tactics Program and assisted with the implementation of the Tactical Firearms Curriculum. Marquez is the current Vice President of the Texas Defensive Tactics Instructors Association and has also served on the board of the Texas Tactical Police Officer's Association. He is a Master Instructor for ASP, Taser, Sabre OC, and FIST. He has trained with or been trained by numerous members of the Special Operations Community (i.e. SEALS, Delta, USMC Recon, etc.) He has over 30 years of martial arts and combative training. He holds black belts in 4 different disciplines and was a 7 time Gold Medallist in the Police Olympics Karate Kumite event. He was also the Karate and Judo Coordinator during the 2000 World Police games. << BACK Copyright © 2004 PoliceCombative Training Academy. All rights reserved.